Woody shrub or small tree to 6 m high, bark grey, finely fissured; hairs dense on growing points but less so on developed surfaces, hairs simple or glandular.

<P>Phyllodes ascending, narrow linear, rarely terete, 6-10 cm long, 0.5-3 mm wide, grey-green, opaque resin often present, numerous fine parallel longitudinal veins only visible under a lens; glands small, basal.

<P>Inflorescence simple spike 1-2 cm long, oblong; peduncle 0.4-1.2 cm long, with simple and glandular hairs, flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes 1.5-7.5 cm long, 4-8 mm wide; flat when young later turgid, not winged; densely pubescent later glabrescent; reticulate veins clear, slightly resinous, more plainly longitudinal than transverse. Seeds longitudinal, 5-8 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, oval, glossy golden brown; funicle filiform .swollen into a subterminal aril.